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Local Business Social Media Use: Roost Study
Get smarter about social media marketing!
By on October 3, 2011 | 2 Comments

CEO of social marketing platform builder for individual professionals, businesses, consultants and agencies, Roost, Alex Chang was kind enough to …

Daily Deals: Groupon Down, LivingSocial Up, Facebook Out
Facebook abandons daily deals, but keeps check-in deals
By on August 29, 2011 | 3 Comments

The daily deals space is getting quite interesting, and is one that local businesses ought to pay attention to.   …

Google is Getting Better for Local Businesses
Google Continues to Make More Local-based Moves
By on April 26, 2011 | 1 Comment

It would appear that things are looking better and better for local businesses, in terms of potential customers from Google. …

Noteworthy Tech News for Small Businesses
Search, Deals, and Productivity
By on April 21, 2011 | 1 Comment

This week, there were several major items announced by big companies that could in turn have tremendous impacts for small …

Facebook Location Features Will Unlock More Potential for Businesses
Facebook Location Features Coming Soon
By on May 10, 2010 | 4 Comments

We’ve talked about multiple ways Facebook can help your business online, and that is not limited to online businesses, although …

Google Patent Has Implications for Small Businesses
Navigator App May Get Beneficial Feature Additions
By on May 3, 2010 | 3 Comments

We’ve been discussing the importance of being listed in Google Places a lot lately, particularly since the company changed the …

Get the Most Out of Your Google Places Listing
Resources for Making Sure Your Listing is Up to Snuff
By on April 27, 2010 | 6 Comments

About a week ago, Google announced that it had changed the name of the Google Local Business Center to Google …

The Online Yellow Pages Undergo Some Changes
YellowPages.com Switches to YP.com
By on April 6, 2010 | 2 Comments

Is YellowPages.com a significant source of business for you? If so, you may be interested to know that the site …

Google Maps Now offered in 30 New African Countries
Local Businesses in Africa Should See New Opportunities
By on February 19, 2010 | 1 Comment

Google has added new Google Maps domains for 30 countries in Africa. This means that users in these countries will …

More Businesses Get Shot at Getting Google’s Barcode Stickers
Google Considering More "Favorite Places"
By on February 12, 2010 | 6 Comments

Late last year, Google started sending brick and mortar businesses decals to put on their windows. These had barcodes that …

More Local Business Things to Keep Track of
Bing Gets Localeze Listings, AT&T Starts New Site
By on January 27, 2010 | 3 Comments

We’ve been discussing local search a lot lately, and that’s because a lot of new things keep happening in this …

Google Putting Local Business Hours in Universal Search Results
The Latest in Google's Long Line of Local Search Enhancements
By on January 25, 2010 | 3 Comments

Google continually makes enhancements to not just its search algorithm in general, but to local search elements. We have discussed …

2 Less Obvious Things to Consider in Local Search
Statewide Results and Multiple Businesses Under One Number
By on January 22, 2010 | 4 Comments

Mike Ramsey, founder of local search company Nifty Marketing, conducted an experiment to find out how many and which states …

Does Your Business Have a Use for Foursquare?
Another Way to Reach Mobile Customers
By on January 18, 2010 | 1 Comment

Foursquare is a service that is getting a lot of attention these days, and that could make it an increasingly …

Google Gives Mobile Users Location-Based Suggestions
Why Small Businesses Might Care
By on January 15, 2010 | 1 Comment

We’ve discussed a number of things Google’s been up to recently that could have a direct impact on local businesses. …

Google Favorite Places Could Complicate the Local Search Game
Possible Problems That Could Arise
By on January 15, 2010 | 4 Comments

A little over a month ago, Google announced that it was sending brick and mortar businesses decals to put on …

Another Google Feature That Will Impact Small Businesses
Google Releases Near Me Now Feature for Smartphone Users
By on January 8, 2010 | 2 Comments

Guess what. Google has made another move that could have a direct effect on local businesses. This one has the …

Why Wikipedia May Be Important to Local Search
Wikipedia a Ranking Factor at the Local Level?
By on January 6, 2010 | 8 Comments

The local search landscape is changing. There’s no doubt about it. Naturally, Google accounts for the largest part of such …

New Google and Yahoo Features for Local Business Listings
More Local Search Tweaks to Pay Attention To
By on December 16, 2009 | 7 Comments

Google has made some adjustments to it’s "Place Pages." As Doug Caverly reported, they are now showing more specific details …

Search Marketing Without Social? Good Luck.
Social Media is Becoming Much More Important to the Search Game
By on November 4, 2009 | 2 Comments

If you didn’t already have a reason to use social media to market your business, consider Google’s recent Labs release, …

Getting Your Business on Google Maps Street View
Give Potential Customers a Close-Up
By on October 16, 2009 |

Update: Google has just now (for some reason) officially announced the Trike. Read more details about it here. Original Article: …

Google Gives Your Business its Own Page
Potentially Giving Customers the Info They Seek
By on September 30, 2009 | 5 Comments

Last week Google launched a new Google Maps feature called Place Pages. The purpose of these pages is to include …

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